Thank you for this! I agree with you about the Knowles interview with Pearl too. My one confusion with your article was your use of “red-pilled” for the dark, nihilistic view of the world—I have always heard that as “black-pilled”. When you go to Pearl I saw your meaning because I have heard her view of women and marriage.
Thank you! Yes, the language is confusing because terms have changed meaning over time and have also been co-opted by different groups for their own purposes. Black pilled certainly applied here, but people like Pearl align with the red pill term. I thought about it before writing and concluded the language is part of the mainstreaming of these ideas. Language and ideas become enmeshed until predation looks noble (Tate) and misogyny looks reasonable (Pearl). So the red and the black become enmeshed.
Is my use of red pill the most accurate historically? I don't know. It's clearly a malleable term. But it is widely in use by those who distort the truth and goodness of marriage, especially in Christian circles. So that's why I chose to use it. Thank you so much for the question. :)
Thank you for this! I agree with you about the Knowles interview with Pearl too. My one confusion with your article was your use of “red-pilled” for the dark, nihilistic view of the world—I have always heard that as “black-pilled”. When you go to Pearl I saw your meaning because I have heard her view of women and marriage.
Thank you! Yes, the language is confusing because terms have changed meaning over time and have also been co-opted by different groups for their own purposes. Black pilled certainly applied here, but people like Pearl align with the red pill term. I thought about it before writing and concluded the language is part of the mainstreaming of these ideas. Language and ideas become enmeshed until predation looks noble (Tate) and misogyny looks reasonable (Pearl). So the red and the black become enmeshed.
Is my use of red pill the most accurate historically? I don't know. It's clearly a malleable term. But it is widely in use by those who distort the truth and goodness of marriage, especially in Christian circles. So that's why I chose to use it. Thank you so much for the question. :)